chloroform

Significat (Anglès)

Noun

A halogenated hydrocarbon, trichloromethane, CHCl₃; it is a volatile, sweet-smelling liquid, used extensively as a solvent and formerly as an anesthetic.

Verb

To treat with chloroform, or to render unconscious with chloroform.

Conceptes

cloroform

cloroformitzar

Sinònims

trichloromethane

trichoromethane

hocus

numb

methenyl chloride

anaesthetize

CHCl3

benumb

Traduccions

chloroforme

cloroformo

Chloroform

cloroformio

clorofórmio

كلوروفورم

chloroformer

χλωροφόρμιο

kloroform

cloroformizzare

chloroform

ثلاثي كلورو الميثان

triclorometano

cloroformizar

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈklɒɹə(ʊ)ˌfɔː(ɹ)m/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Borrowed from French chloroforme, portmanteau of terchloride (tertiary chloride, trichloride) and formyle (CH, an obsolete radical of formic acid) by Jean-Baptiste Dumas, from 1834. By surface analysis, chloro- + -form.